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Comox Valley Glacier Kings drop playoff opener to Nanaimo Buccaneers

Yetis host Game 3 in best-of-seven series on Saturday, Feb. 27
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Glacier Kings' Nick Novin (left) and Buccaneers' Jackson Robinson vie for the puck along the boards during Tuesday night playoff action in Nanaimo.

 

 

 

Three first-period goals in less than three minutes sent the Nanaimo Buccaneers on their way to a 4-2 win over the Comox Valley Glacier Kings, Tuesday night in Nanaimo.

The Yetis fought back to cut the lead to 3-2 with four minutes to go in the third, but the Bucs sealed the deal with an empty netter to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven first round Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League playoff series.

Nanaimo opened the scoring at 4:50 of the first courtesy of first star Nick Gomerich. Nolan Richardson made it 2-0 at 5:44 then second star Hobin Zinck's power-play goal at 7:10 put the home team up by three.

Sheldon Brett got the G-Kings on the board at 8:50 of the third and Ronnie Wilkie made things interesting when he lit the lamp at 15:49 to cut the lead to one. The Icemen pulled goalie Marcus Gloss but to no avail as Jake Calverley zipped the disc into the empty net at 19:22 to clinch the win.

Nanaimo out-shot the Comox Valley 39-23, with Yetis' goalie Gloss earning third star honours.

The series resumes tonight (Feb. 25) in Nanaimo. The G-Kings host Game 3 on Saturday, Feb. 27 and  (7:30 p.m. Sports Centre Arena #1) and Game 4 on Tuesday, March 1 (7 p.m. SC1).

Other games, if needed, go March 3 in Nanaimo, March 5 in Courtenay and March 6 in Nanaimo.